Tugs & Salvage

In a move likely to have a profound effect on the towage industry globally and in Europe and Australasia in particular, SvitzerWijsmuller has made a cash offer for all of the shares…

The Holyhead Towing Company Ltd has taken delivery of its fifth multi-purpose shallow draft tug/work vessel from Hepworth Shipyard Ltd at Paull, on Humberside. Named Afon Caradog, it is the only tug…

The capability of Falmouth based towage and marine services contractor Plantain UK Ltd has been given a major boost with the delivery of their new twin-screw tug Valiant B.

Fairmount Marine, with its headquarters in Rotterdam, has taken delivery of the third of their new 200 ton bollard pull long range deepsea tugs.

A powerful new tug/pilot vessel for the Lerwick Port Authority arrived at the Shetland port during the first few days of June. The 20m vessel, with a 20 ton bollard pull, is…

Britains National Contingency Plan for marine emergencies was tested in the early hours of the 6 May by a potentially serious fire aboard the 11,100grt cruise ship Calypso, with 708 people onboard.…

Among several significant deals completed or initiated in Rotterdam at the ITS 2006 convention was one concerning the construction of a new anchor handler to the Robert Allan Rampage 5000 design.

J P Knight (Caledonian) Ltd has recently substantially reinforced their tug fleet at Invergordon with two modern azimuthing stern drive (ASD) tugs from Japan. Now bearing the names Kincardine and Kinnaird, the…

.Ostensjo Rederi of Haugesund in Norway has ordered two more Velox class escort and shiphandling tugs from Astilleros Gondan in Spain. Delivery is scheduled for October 2007 and February 2008. The vessels…

Recent months have seen a period of unprecedented activity at the headquarters of naval architects and consultants Robert Allan Ltd in Vancouver. Thanks to the success of Robert Allan tug designs the…

Farnham UK based Anchor Marine Transportation (AMT) has won the contract for what is likely to be a very high profile marine transportation job later this summer, returning SS Nomadic, tender to…

SvitzerWijsmuller Salvage has won a major contract to remove the wreck of the 1,061teu containership CP Valour, which grounded in the Azores during the winter.

Redwise Maritime Services BV of the Netherlands made a rocket start to 2006, delivering 12 vessels in the first four months and having 10 more projects underway as of last month.

Damen Shipyards Gorinchem has just completed a Stan Tug 1906 for Falmouth based operator Plantain UK Ltd, which it is hoped will be able to attend Seawork 2006 whilst on its delivery…

The new French tug company, Societe Nouvelle de Remorquage du Havre (SNRH), due to commence shiphandling operations in January, had still not started work at the beginning of May. A new tug…

Mampaey Offshore Industries launched the Dynamic Oval Towing (DOT) system, the latest addition to their range of towing and mooring equipment, on their stand at ITS 2006 in Rotterdam.

In a paper to the International Tug and Salvage Convention ITS 2006 in Rotterdam, well known tug designer and naval architect Robert Allan appealed for the harmonisation of international standards governing tug…

Spanish shipyard Astilleros Armon SA has completed a pair of seagoing, multi-purpose tugs, equipped extensively for pollution control duties.

A joint venture led by Serco Group plc (Serco) has been selected as preferred bidder by the UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) for the Future Provision of Marine Services contract.